Yesnaby, Brough Burn

Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Site Name Yesnaby, Brough Burn

Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Broch Of Borwick

Canmore ID 173924

Site Number HY21NW 44

NGR HY 2255 1675

NGR Description Centred HY 2255 1675

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/173924

Digital Images

SC 1691582

Aerial view of Orkney, Yesnaby taken from the W, of the Broch of Borwick. An area of rig-and-furrow cultivation is also visible.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 1691574

Aerial view of Orkney, Yesnaby taken from the NW, of the Broch of Borwick. Also visible is a small area of rig-and -furrow cultivation.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 1691583

Aerial view of Orkney, Yesnaby taken from the SW, of the Broch of Borwick.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 1691585

Aerial view of Orkney, Yesnaby taken from the SE, of the Broch of Borwick. An area of rig-and-furrow cultivation is also visible.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 1691590

Aerial view of Orkney, Yesnaby taken from the S, of the Broch of Borwick.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 1691581

Aerial view of Orkney, Yesnaby taken from the NW, of the Broch of Borwick. An area of rig-and-furrow cultivation is also visible.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 1691584

Aerial view of Orkney, Yesnaby taken from the S, of the Broch of Borwick.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 1691586

Aerial view of Orkney, Yesnaby taken from the W, of the Broch of Borwick. An area of rig-and-furrow cultivation is also visible.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

DP 059863

Oblique aerial view centred on the Broch of Borwick and the remains of the rig and furrow, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

12/5/2009

SC 1691587

Aerial view of Orkney, Yesnaby taken from the W, of the Broch of Borwick. An area of rig-and-furrow cultivation is also visible.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 1691588

Aerial view of Orkney, Yesnaby taken from the WSW, of the Broch of Borwick. An area of rig-and-furrow cultivation is also visible.

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4/6/1997

SC 1691589

Aerial view of Orkney, Yesnaby taken from the SW, of the Broch of Borwick. An area of rig-and-furrow cultivation is also visible.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

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Administrative Areas

Council Orkney Islands
Parish Sandwick
Former Region Orkney Islands Area
Former District Orkney
Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY21NW 44 centred 2255 1675

A small area of rig-and-furrow cultivation has been identified from obliqe aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1997), in a field to the SE of the Broch of Borwick (HY21NW 1) and between two burns, one which is annotated as the Brough Burn on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 scale map (1973).

Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2000

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